The city of Tampa on Tuesday closed off multiple streets to allow restaurants and retailers to operate outside as part of a pilot program to gradually reopen the city after weeks of lockdown due to the coronavirus pandemic. As part of Tampa’s Lift Up Local Economic Recovery Plan, Café & Retail Recovery Zones reserved city roads, parking lots, and sidewalks for some businesses to operate. The city said the road closures will be in place 24 hours per day over the next two weeks. Ron DeSantis told Fox News’ “Sunday Morning Futures” he will exercise caution but has been looking forward to making progress. CLICK HERE TO GET THE FOX NEWS APPAs of Tuesday, Florida has recorded nearly 37,000 cases of the novel coronavirus with some 1,400 deaths.

Source: Fox News May 05, 2020 18:45 UTC